HMS Darsham (M2619)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Darsham
Namesake	Darsham
Builder	Jones Slip
Launched	19 November 1952
Completed	21 December 1953
Fate	Sold 1966
General characteristics
Class & type	Ham class minesweeper
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	120 long tons (122 t) standard; 164 long tons (167 t) full load;
Length	100 ft (30 m) p/p; 106 ft 6 in (32.46 m) o/a;
Beam	21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Draught	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft Paxman 12YHAXM diesels; 1,100 bhp (820 kW);
Speed	14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	2 officers, 13 ratings
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun or Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Notes	Pennant number(s): M2619 / IMS21

HMS Darsham was one of 93 Royal Navy ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham, in this case after Darsham in Suffolk.

References

Blackman, R.V.B. ed. Jane's Fighting Ships (1953)